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Dr. Clyde N. Wilson

What the Next Republican President and Congress Should Do

4/8/2023

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​Of course, none of this will happen, even if it would make the Republicans wildly popular
. Congresspersons collaborate with the federal bureaucracy and party leadership more than they do with their own constituents. And Republican Congressmen tend to be ignorant, egoist empty suits. 
 

  • A 10% cut in the pay of all federal employees making over $100,000 a year and a 20% cut in all making over $200,000 a year. This should include pensioners, the military, and the judiciary (except judges who are constitutionally protected). And stop filling federal jobs that become vacant. 
  • Apply the many millions in savings to the federal debt, which has mortgaged the life of our children and grandchildren. First pay off the foreign debt holders at the lowest cost possible. Perhaps repudiation should be considered. Then, as soon as possible, the wealthy domestic debt holders. These are people who have never done anything for their country. They are getting risk-free, tax-free bonuses from the taxpayers - a longstanding scandal. Then seriously study getting rid of the debt - which of course will include an elimination of deficit spending. 
  • Abolish the Department of Education, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and other agencies that can be identified as performing functions (often useless or destructive) that are no business of the federal government. 
  • The internet moguls - Facebook, Wikipedia, Twitter, Google, etc. are public utilities and should be regulated as such - like oil, banking, fire departments, insurance, television and radio, telephone, etc. 
  • Immediately vacate all federal district attorney positions. (The few good ones can be reappointed.) Fill the positions with men and women who will actually enforce the law. They are there, but finding them will be a major challenge that cannot be left to Republican party hacks. 
  • Pardon all the January 6 protestors, some of whom are still being held as political prisoners and prosecute the policeman who murdered an unarmed female citizen in cold blood. 
  • Strictly enforce all the immigration laws and remove all personnel who fail to do their full duty in this regard. This includes keeping all illegal immigrants in detention for deportation. 
  • Prosecute Antifa and BLM for every instance of violence and corruption. 
  • Withdraw from NATO. The Europeans can defend themselves and handle their own affairs.  
  • Stop financing a war against Russia and renew Trump’s efforts at peaceful communication. 
  • Stop orchestrating coups against foreign governments like Syria, Ukraine, etc. It was CIA meddling that created Osama bin Laden.  
  • Deeply reform the CIA and the FBI. This will take wise and forceful action that can only be possible with the authority of genuine law respecting patriots. 
  • Withdraw from all the 80 or more military basis in foreign lands that are not directly concerned with defense of the Western hemisphere. 

The most difficult tasks for a new conservative administration will be correcting errors of the past. 

  • A blue-ribbon commission of honest Americans should thoroughly investigate the Covid-19 event with special attention to government wrongdoing. Whether he is President or not, Trump should openly apologise to the American people for the Covid episode. He was misled by the supposed official experts. Those “experts” who have damaged the health of citizens should be prosecuted, including the impostor Fauci. 
  • Federal agents who murdered unarmed women and children at Waco and Ruby Ridge should be identified and prosecuted if they are still living. 
  • We should admit that the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan were badly mistaken, partly as the fault of persons in high office who lied to the people and who wasted American lives and resources on those lies. 
  • Apply a family-centered moral code to the licensed mass broadcast media.

If there is any interest in a true reform platform, we have a lot more suggestions. Alas, the first instinct of Republicans is to avoid all ideas and issues that might label them as not being respectable and moderate. They avoid anything controversial that might deprive them of their power, profit, and perks. 

The Republicans are now using Trump’s troubles as a money-raising gimmick. They will do as they always do. Use Trump’s troubles to raise money, and then do nothing for him but give it to his enemies in the party. And there are still enough affluent stupid Midwesterners (and I fear some Southerners) who will fall for the con game.
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Anthony Powell
4/9/2023 10:58:39 am

Those are all excellent ideas, Dr. Wilson, but as you are, I am doubtful many, if any, will be implemented anytime soon. Ron Paul pushed for closing foreign military bases many years, but he was ridiculed incessantly. A few billion-dollar war-profiteer corporations have 99% of the Republicans in their hip pocket. Follow the money....war is a racket.

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Joe Johnson
4/10/2023 08:07:20 am

Dr. Wilson, how about abolishing the reforms,(or deforms) of the 1960's including the illegal civil rights law. Also, how about repealing the 14th, 16th ,17th and 19th amendments. Eliminate women from politics.

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Luke Brown
4/19/2023 11:28:22 am

Joe, I agree with your additional ideas. One only needs to look at the electoral results, showing for women only, in the past few major elections. Dr. Wilson is correct that there are brave and intelligent women, but I'm afraid that they are the exception and not the rule. Abortion on demand, general gullibility, and fear of COVID-19 drove most women to vote the way they did in recent times. The myth that women will vote in the meeker and wiser can be put to bed with the condition of our nation and world under a Joe Biden administration. Heavily authoritarian government, world unrest, and economies on the brink of collapse are not my ideas for good results. As for the 17th amendment, it may have been more devastating than we realize. I believe it has prolonged too many senators' time in office to our detriment.

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Earl Starbuck
4/30/2023 05:51:50 pm

Amendments 14 and 16 require no repeal because they were never properly ratified in the first place.

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Clyde N Wilson
4/10/2023 08:49:55 am

Mr. Johnson,, In my experience there are many brave and intelligent women and way too many cowardly and stupid men.

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Joe Johnson
4/11/2023 03:43:56 am

Probably those cowardly and stupid men favor women in politics

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John Bernhard Thuersam link
4/16/2023 11:57:38 am

I hereby nominate the distinguished Clyde N. Wilson to be 46th President of the United States.

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Clyde N Wilson
4/17/2023 12:47:04 pm

If nominated I will not run. If elected I will not serve. Wait a minute, though. It would be an opportunity to dismantle the evil thing.

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Ted Ehmann link
4/20/2023 08:24:06 am

Given the blatant and highly organized cheeatin in the 2020 Election, when they will now use AI on top of their successful efforts, I am a devoted preper/realist knowing that we will never again have a fair election. Jus the way it turns out.

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John Bernhard Thuersam link
4/20/2023 08:58:34 am

I fear Ted is right about fair elections as the cheating has become even more perfected and the Republicans would have to double their efforts to beath their opponent. I sense that there has not been a fair presidential election since 1860 (though one-sided); Abe's re-election in 1864 was rigged by the War Department and 1868 saw the advent of 500,000 new voters enabled for Grant to "win."

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Silas Dodgen
4/20/2023 10:49:21 am

I'd vote for you, Dr. Wilson! Hey, if you won't run for President of the USA, get South Carolina to secede again and you can then run for President of the independent republic of South Carolina.

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David LeBeau
4/23/2023 07:46:01 pm

Your idea sounds great, but I'm afraid that the President, whether a Rep. or Dem., will roll in the tanks and have the skies filled with apache helicopters.

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Bernhard Thuersam link
4/20/2023 11:08:01 am

With the tsunami of public opinion building for Dr. Wilson's presidential candidacy, the important Sikh vote could be attracted by announcing Nimarata Nikki Randhawa his early pick to lead Columbia's public sanitation department. Those Sikh campaign donations and others could be used to buy the various political endorsements necessary to win elections in the US. Sadly, Rev. Sweet Daddy Grace is no longer with us to help win that constituency . . .

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    Clyde Wilson is a distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at the University of South Carolina He is the author or editor of over thirty books and published over 600 articles, essays and reviews

    Dr. Wilson is also is co-publisher of Shotwell Publishing, a source  for unreconstructed Southern books. 

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